This report shows the various collaborative projects between UNO and the community. Various filters are provided to gain a better understanding of how different UNO units collaborate with the community.
| Project | Project Focus Areas | Community Partners | Campus Partners | Engagement Type: | Activity Type: | Other Activity Type: | Start Semester: | Start Academic Year: | End Semester: | End Academic Year: | Total UNO Students: | UNO Students Hours: | UNO Faculty/Staff Hours: | Total K-12 Students: | K-12 Student Hours: | Total Number of Other Participants: | Topics: | Other Topics: | Description: | Subtags: |
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| Generalist Practice II (Spring 2018): 2017-18 | Economic Impact | No More Empty Pots | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Social Work | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | None | 12 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-Sufficiency | Students will create videos to increase visibility to community stakeholders, mission what they do, activities | ||
| School to Prison Pipeline (Fall 2016): 2016-17 | Economic Impact, Social Justice | Blackburn Alternative High School, Omaha Public Schools, No More Empty Pots | Service Learning Academy (SLA), Sociology & Anthropology | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 16 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-Sufficiency | SOC 3900 Arts and Sciences Race and Ethics Relations | ||
| MBA Project Focused Capstone (Fall 2017): 2017-18 (001) | Educational Support | No More Empty Pots | Business, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | None | 15 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Climate and Sustainability | Leadership and Mentoring Sustainability | Capstone project in which students help business with management leadership issue. | |
| Nonprofit Campaign (Fall 2021): 2021-22 (2068) | Social Justice | No More Empty Pots, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Project harmony | Communication | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | 15 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO Students from Casey Riesberg's CMST 2410 Small Groups course will partner with a local community agency from Share Omaha to develop a social media campaign to bolster their Share Omaha fundraising efforts. | ||||
| Collaborative Interns No More Empty Pots: 2016-17 (2551) | Economic Impact, Educational Support, Environmental Stewardship | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Community-Based Learning | Internship/Externship | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | None | 5 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Economic Sufficiency Awareness, Capacity Building | UNO students hired as Collaborative interns are matched with community organizations, working 10 hours a week for that organization in the community. Students are paid through the grant-funded program. Nonprofits coordinate meaningful work for interns to benefit the student experience in different ways. Students typically intern during the fall and spring semesters and may serve the same organization for more than one academic year. Each unique student that works as a Collaborative intern with this specific community partner is identified within this project. | ||
| Corporate Social Responsibility (Fall 2021, Industrial Purchasing): 2021-22 (2111) | Economic Impact, Educational Support | Black and Pink, Habitat for Humanity: Council Bluffs, No More Empty Pots, Omaha Public Schools Foundation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Omaha, Together Inc | Management, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2021-22 | None | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Capacity Building | Students enrolled in Steve Schulz BSAD 8386 850/SCMT 4380 850: Industrial Purchasing and Logistic Management will work in small teams with partners on their specific identified needs. The learning objectives of this project is to focus on coordination and delivery of things that provide value add to the stakeholder (community partners). At the end of the semester, students will provide their partners with a recorded presentation and supporting materials | |||
| Public Speaking Fundamentals: 2018-19 (1023) | Educational Support | Marian High School, No More Empty Pots | Communication | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None | |||
| Photography Project: 2018-19 (1020) | Educational Support | Montessori Co-op School, No More Empty Pots | Communication | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 20 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None | |||
| Photography Project: 2018-19 (1019) | Educational Support | Montessori Co-op School, No More Empty Pots | Communication | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2018-19 | Fall | 2018-19 | 20 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None | |||
| You Are What You Eat... And I Can Prove It (Fall 2019): 2019-20 (1162) | Economic Impact, Health and Wellness | King Science Magnet, No More Empty Pots | Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2019-20 | Fall | 2019-20 | 43 | 649 | 0 | 30 | 357 | 0 | Food and Water Security, Health Awareness | King Science 6th graders will be focusing on the GI system. The UNO students will help communicate about health and how physicians talk about health through fundamental literacy. The UNO Students will help the 6th graders with research ideas and assist with how to properly research. The 6th graders will be coming up with a project to assist No More Empty Pots. They are just starting a "meal on wheels" for people living with cancer. The 6th graders will help educate them about healthy foods. | ||
| Seven Days of Service - 3/23/18: 2017-18 (006) | Environmental Stewardship | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Gardens/Plantlife | Volunteer will assemble mini seed packets used as educational and outreach materials for NMEP, primarily promoting the Florence Community Garden. | |||
| Seven Days of Service - 3/20/18: 2017-18 (003) | Environmental Stewardship | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2017-18 | None | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Volunteers will help with gardening tasks. | |||
| Super Service Saturday - 2/4/2017: 2016-17 (005) | Economic Impact | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Spring | 2016-17 | None | 12 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Self-Sufficiency | Flyer distribution to neighborhood businesses and homes | |||
| Sustainability Expo: 2017-18 (900) | Environmental Stewardship | Citizens' Climate Lobby - Omaha Nebraska Chapter, City Sprouts, Common Seed Soil Library, Omaha Public Library, Green Bellevue, Green Omaha Coalition, Habitat Omaha ReStore, Heartland B-cycle, Keep Omaha Beautiful, Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA), Metro Transit Omaha, Mode Shift Omaha, Nebraskans for Peace, Nebraskans for Solar, No More Empty Pots, Omaha Stormwater, City of Omaha, Omaha Together One Community, Refugee Empowerment Center, Sierra Club Nebraska Chapter, The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center, U.S. Green Building Council - Nebraska Flatwater Chapter, Youth Emergency Services | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (CEC), Maverick Food Pantry, Sustainability | Knowledge and Resource Sharing | Community-oriented lecture/event | None | Spring | 2017-18 | Spring | 2017-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | Climate and Sustainability | In celebration of Earth Month, the Sustainability Expo is designed to engage students, faculty, and staff about sustainability problems and solutions, ranging from environmental to social justice issues. Over 20 sustainability-related organizations from the Omaha-Metro area will be on hand to discuss with attendees the work that they do as well as providing information about how individuals can get involved in their efforts. | ||
| Three Days of Service - 10/15/2016: 2016-17 (125) | Environmental Stewardship | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2016-17 | None | 15 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Revitalization of Florence Community Garden | |||
| Three Days of Service - 10/17/17: 2017-18 (112) | Environmental Stewardship | No More Empty Pots | Student Service and Leadership Collaborative (The Collaborative) | Volunteering | Volunteerism | None | Fall | 2017-18 | None | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gardens/Plantlife | Volunteers will be helping seniors at Holy Name turn an into a garden, giving the seniors an opportunity to grow foods for themselves and their families thus increasing the self-sufficiency of the seniors. Volunteers will clear bushes/weeds, remove garbage/debris from the area, and, as time allows, plant ground cover to keep the weeds from returning over the winter. | |||
| FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH(Fall 2023): 2023-24 (3184) | Health and Wellness | American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, Hillcrest Foundation for Enhancing Lives, Nebraska AIDS Project, No More Empty Pots, Project harmony, Stephen Center, The Wellbeing Partners | College of Education, Health, and Human Science | Service Learning | None | None | Fall | 2023-24 | None | 25 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | An introductory course for public health majors and other interested students, that examines the foundations of public health. The course includes an orientation to the process and the professions of public health and a consideration of current trends, problems and issues and their implications for public health professionals. The course will help candidates develop the knowledge, skills, competencies, and attitudes necessary to orchestrate an environment for positive public health. PHHB 1500.850 Traditional | ||||
| Foundations of Public Speaking (Fall 2022 Section 023): 2022-23 (2793) | Educational Support | Civic Nebraska, Omaha Street School, Stand for Schools, The Wellbeing Partners | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Fall | 2022-23 | Fall | 2022-23 | 25 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Education | Students will be required to give two speeches for this course - an informative speech, and a persuasive speech. In the informative speech, the students will talk about their research on the different areas of improvement within the community. Following this speech, the students will each choose a nonprofit of their choice and give a persuasive speech as to how the nonprofit is contributing to the area of focus they chose for the informative speech. At the end of the semester, the students will vote for one organization to recieve the $1000 grant. MPI service learning project CMST 1110.023 Foundations of Public Speaking (Fall 2022 Section 023) | ||
| Maverick Community Connection (Spring 2022 ALL Sections): 2021-22 (2724) | Social Justice | AIM Institute, All Care Health Center, American Cancer Society: Hope Lodge, Autism Society of NE, Benson First Fridays (BFF), Center for Holistic Development, Child Saving Institute, City Sprouts, Collective for Hope/Grief's Journey, College Possible, Community Alliance, Credit Advisors Foundation, Eat 'N' Talk Africa, Financial Beginnings, Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Girls Inc., Heartland B-cycle, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA), Heartland Family Service-Homeless Program, Heartland Hope Mission, Inclusive Communities, Kaneko, Kim Foundation, Learning for ALL, Legal Aid of Nebraska, Lifestyle Health Alliance, Little White Dog Rescue, NAMI Nebraska, No More Empty Pots, Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Omaha Home for Boys, Partnership 4 Kids, RESPECT, SAC Museum, Siena Francis House, Spielbound Board Game Cafe, Take Flight Farms, Tri-City Food Pantry, Tri-Faith Initiative, Visiting Nurses Association (VNA), Wisdom House Collaborative, Women's Center for Advancement, Youth Emergency Services | Communication, Service Learning Academy (SLA) | Service Learning | Course | None | Spring | 2021-22 | Spring | 2021-22 | 61 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UNO Students from CMST 1110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking courses will engage in the student philanthropy model of service learning, where course content and student learning is linked to charitable giving. Students select and research a community agency of their own interest, then develop and present a persuasive speech and call to action on behalf of the organization. This is a student led initiative, giving students a $1,000 grant to distribute to one community agency - the persuasive speech presentation with the best call to action. MPI Traditional Project. CMST 1110.028 CMST 1110.8601 CMST 1110.8602 | |||
| Comm, Health and Disparities (Spring 2024): 2023-24 (3256) | Educational Support | Hillcrest Health, My Sister's Keeper, NAMI Nebraska, No More Empty Pots, The Wellbeing Partners | Communication | Service Learning | None | None | Spring | 2023-24 | None | 25 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | This service learning course requires students to identify an organization that focuses on health disparities, and provide a service based on the organization's needs. At the end of the semester, students will vote for one organization to receive a $1000 grant. COMM 8220.001 MPI | ||||
| Culturally Responsive Teaching(Summer 2024): 2023-24 (3261) | Educational Support | Caroles House of Hope, No More Empty Pots, Stephen Center | College of Education, Health, and Human Science | Service Learning | None | None | Summer | 2023-24 | None | 30 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lewis and Clark students will visit community sites (No More Empty Pots, Carole’s House of Hope, and the Stephen’s Center). Students will be given a tour, giving them the opportunity to ask questions of staff during the visits. The students might also have some volunteer opportunities during these visits. UNO students in the course are brand new to the world of education, so service learning is a good way to connect with P-12 students as they engage in their own coursework. Lewis and Clark students will work together in various groups with the UNO students and discuss their experiences at the community organizations. At the end of the course, Lewis and Clark students will advocate for two of the visited organizations of their choice to receive the a grant. The top choice will receive $750, and the second choice will receive a $250 MPI grant and present their case to the UNO students in their groups. The UNO students, then, along with the Lewis and Clark students will vote for one organization to receive the grant. TED 8180.001 MPI |